MAPPA's Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc earned a Best Foreign Animation/Family nomination at the 26th Golden Trailer Awards, with the ceremony set for May 28 in Beverly Hills.
Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc has been nominated for Best Foreign Animation/Family at the 26th Golden Trailer Awards. The ceremony is scheduled for May 28 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, with stand-up comic Morgan Jay hosting.
Unlike traditional film awards, the Golden Trailer Awards celebrate the year's most outstanding achievements in film and entertainment marketing. A nomination here spotlights the quality of a project's promotional campaign rather than the finished film itself. The Reze Arc's nominated trailer, titled "Vroom Vroom," was produced by AV Squad for Sony Pictures' distribution campaign.
This distinction matters: the award validates how effectively the Reze Arc trailer captured audience attention and conveyed the film's tone and appeal in a competitive international market. For an anime film to land a nomination alongside entries from across the global animation and family entertainment landscape is a meaningful signal of the franchise's growing mainstream visibility outside Japan.
Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc faces four other nominees in the Best Foreign Animation/Family category. The competing entries are Alice in Wonderland from TNT4 Channel, Barry and Me from The Playmaker Munich, Gorynych Trailer from CTB/Russia 1, and The Land of Sometimes from Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. The category spans a wide range of international animation and family content, making the Reze Arc's inclusion a notable crossover moment for anime marketing in the Western awards circuit.
Beyond the animation category, the 26th Golden Trailer Awards saw Disney lead all studios with 144 total nominations, followed by Warner Bros. Discovery with 79 and Netflix with 62. Among individual projects, IT: Welcome to Derry topped the field with nine nominations, while Alien: Earth earned eight and both Stranger Things and Wuthering Heights collected seven each.
MAPPA's Chainsaw Man franchise has steadily expanded beyond its television roots. The Reze Arc, adapted as a theatrical film, covers one of the manga's most popular storylines the explosive encounter between protagonist Denji and the mysterious Reze. Sony Pictures handled the film's international distribution, a partnership that reflects the studio's broader push into anime theatrical releases.
The "Vroom Vroom" trailer's nomination signals that the marketing campaign resonated with industry professionals who evaluate thousands of trailers each year. AV Squad, the creative agency behind the nominated cut, is known for crafting high-profile campaigns across major Hollywood releases, and their involvement underscores the level of investment behind the Reze Arc's global rollout.
Chainsaw Man was not the only anime-adjacent property represented at this year's Golden Trailer Awards. KPop Demon Hunters also picked up nominations in animation categories, while franchises including One Piece (for its live-action series), Silent Hill f, Street Fighter, Exit 8, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie all received nods across various categories. The breadth of Japanese IP representation at the ceremony highlights a broader trend of anime and gaming properties competing on equal footing with traditional Western entertainment in the marketing arena.
The winners will be announced at the May 28 ceremony in Beverly Hills. Whether or not the Reze Arc takes home the trophy, the nomination itself cements Chainsaw Man's status as a franchise with genuine crossover appeal one whose marketing can stand alongside the biggest names in global entertainment.
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